CHURCH OF THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS, ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS

List Entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: CHURCH OF THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS, ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS

List entry Number: 1109897

Location

CHURCH OF THE HOLY NAME OF JESUS, ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, ROWTOR LANE

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County: Derbyshire

District: Derbyshire Dales

District Type: District Authority

Parish: Birchover

National Park: PEAK DISTRICT

Grade: II

Date first listed: 12-Jul-1967

Date of most recent amendment: 14-Feb-1985

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 81003

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Details

SK 26 SW PARISH OF BIRCHOVER ROWTOR LANE
4/6 (South Side)
Church of the Holy Name of
12.7.67 Jesus, St Michael and All
Angels (formerly listed as
'Church of St Michael')
II

Parish church. c1717, partly rebuilt c1869 and chancel added, various C20
alterations. Coursed squared gritstone with gritstone dressings and quoins, plinth
and moulded sill bands. Plain tile roofs with moulded stone coped gables and ridge
crosses at east gables of chancel and nave. Partly corbelled out octagonal bellcote
to nave west gable with pointed arches to four sides, moulded sill band and string-
course, topped by spirelet. West porch,nave and lower chancel. West porch has
ovolo moulded basket arched doorcase to south with egg and dart moulding to top,
various carvings to side and C20 studded wooden door. Blank north elevation. 3-
light intersecting traceried east window with central quatrefoil to top, and bold
plain hoodmould. South elevation, to nave, has three, moulded 2-light windows of
c1717 which were then changed to Y-tracery pointed windows in 1869. Interior has
pointed chamfered doorcase to nave with dogtooth decoration and wide chamfered
chancel arch, curved wooden roof on pillar corbels and C19 pews with later carved
poppyheads added. Octagonal, marble font, probably C20. Pulpit very ornately
carved wood by former rector, dated 1949. Also two wooden charity boards of 1773.
Wall memorial in marble to John Gresley of 1795. Windows to south have C20 stained
glass by Brian Clark.

Listing NGR: SK2357962106

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 25 January 2017.

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